Beginning Quote by Dries Mertens

I had quite a tumultuous start to my career. I used to have two really good games but then my form would dip. I…

— Douglas Costa

I didn't like it as a player when I felt a coach was fudging the reasons for leaving me out. As a player, I…

— Gareth Southgate

I was a great practice player. I knew I wasn't going to play, but I wanted to do my part in helping the rest…

— Rudy Ruettiger

I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.

— John Wooden

My life became occupied with only a couple of things: go to the stadium and practice, come back home, eat, then go back to…

— Neeraj Chopra

I didn't want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge.

— Julius Erving

I was the Premier League's top goal scorer in 2010-11 and never wanted to be on the bench.

— Dimitar Berbatov

It would have been easy to stay at Barca, appear in the team photo, keep winning titles and earning money. I had a good…

— Pedro

There were probably a few games I played where I should not have played, because of some nagging injuries or something. I used to…

— Gary Carter

I was kind of at the turning point in my career with my knee. I was dealing with the struggles of trying to make…

— Shaun Livingston

In Naples, I was very lucky to find my players adapted to my way of football. They were strong as players and strong from…

— Maurizio Sarri

I still miss the players and I miss the game and the strategy. The first couple years were really difficult. Now I realize I'll…

— Tom Osborne